[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 72 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S3735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to 
the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Byrd).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                      Washington, DC, May 2, 2008.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3 of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Sheldon 
     Whitehouse, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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